amazon.com: ads

[Elliander]

Prerequisites

• This is NOT a YouTube, Facebook or Twitch report.
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• I did not remove any of the default filter lists, or I have verified that the issue was not caused by removing any of the default lists.
• I did not enable additional filter lists, or I have verified that the issue still occurs without enabling additional filter lists.
• I do not have custom filters/rules, or I have verified that the issue still occurs without custom filters/rules.
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URL address of the web page

https://www.amazon.com/

Category

ads

Description

On multiple websites ads keep reappearing after I block them. For example, Amazon has an annoying full screen video ad for sports that I'd rather not have to see. I used "Element Picker Mode" to remove the ad and it gets replaced with a black box, but on page refresh the ads return. If I keep going eventually I will get them all, but the next day the ads return. I have observed the same behavior with countless websites. I think they are rotating the file names to bypass adblockers. If it were possible to block whatever element appears on a certain area of a page regardless of it's name though I think I'd be able to block these kinds of ads.

For example, today, this is the element that I blocked on Amazon which resulted in the ads finally going away:

##._desktop-tall-hero-video_style_lazy-video-wrapper__WM56t
Tomorrow, however, I expect that name to be slightly different.

Other extensions used

I used to also use AdBlock Plus, but uninstalled that extension after they started pushing popups of their own.

Screenshot(s)

Screenshot(s)

I don't think showing the ads would really help anything, but if it really is necessary I'll edit to put screenshots of the ads later.

Configuration

Details

uBlock Origin: 1.54.0
Chromium: 92
filterset (summary):
 network: 106932
 cosmetic: 44177
 scriptlet: 19738
 html: 0
listset (total-discarded, last-updated):
 removed:
  user-filters: null
 default:
  easylist: 76133-16, now
  easyprivacy: 33136-65, now
  plowe-0: 3782-1151, now
  ublock-badware: 7653-138, now
  ublock-filters: 36467-345, now
  ublock-privacy: 952-12, now
  ublock-quick-fixes: 103-5, now
  ublock-unbreak: 2176-32, now
  urlhaus-1: 12355-0, now
filterset (user): [array of 92 redacted]
trustedset:
 added: [array of 1 redacted]
userSettings: [none]
hiddenSettings: [none]
supportStats:
 allReadyAfter: 3117 ms
 maxAssetCacheWait: 1727 ms
popupPanel:
 blocked: 67
 network:
  amazon.com: 65
  amazon-adsystem.com: 1
  ssl-images-amazon.com: 1
 extended:
  ###nav-swmslot
  ##div[cel_widget_id^="adplacements:"]
  ##.ad-center
  ##+js(json-prune, cuepointPlaylist)
  ##+js(xml-prune, xpath(//*[name()="Period"][.//*[@value="Ad"]] |…

[mapx-]

they started pushing popups of their own

Are you sure it's about abp popups and not some malware in your system ?

[gorhill]

ads keep reappearing after I block them

removed:
user-filters: null

You disabled your own list of filters, so whatever filters you create won't be applied on page reload. Re-enable "My filters" in "Filter lists" pane.

[Elliander]

ads keep reappearing after I block them

removed:
user-filters: null

You disabled your own list of filters, so whatever filters you create won't be applied on page reload. Re-enable "My filters" in "Filter lists" pane.

I don't understand why a fresh install would default to disabling my own filters immediately after creating them (or how filters can briefly work while supposedly disabled), but ok, I followed those directions and it's still a problem.

For example, one video add has this code when I select it with the object picker:
##.pd_rd_r-5f1cd3b8-8ae7-4bd0-aab3-f9ba4b7f4187.pd_rd_w-4XopZ.pd_rd_wg-jzsPJ.celwidget.desktop-gateway-atf_7c2a8e11-21a0-46b5-a65e-d58b72a4d484.csm-placement-id-5af45aa7-715b-4ed8-811b-7f9befef5ba2.gw-col
But on page refresh the ad returns and thhis is the code:

##.pd_rd_r-5f8c5d7d-1445-4897-920d-f63da085a01f.pd_rd_w-0Lyr1.pd_rd_wg-WKIZh.celwidget.desktop-gateway-atf_7c2a8e11-21a0-46b5-a65e-d58b72a4d484.csm-placement-id-5af45aa7-715b-4ed8-811b-7f9befef5ba2.gw-col

As you can see, it's the same ad, but the text is ever so slightly varied to get through the adblocker. Are modern adblockers so easy to defeat that a slight change like that is enough to let ads through?

Oh, and I wasn't aware I was required to reply every single day or the case gets closed. That's not cool. Especially on a Holiday week.

I guess I am going to have to just reopen the case every other week? That is SO beyond stupid....

[gorhill]

I don't understand why a fresh install would default to disabling my own filters

It doesn't, they are enabled by default, and only you can disable it by un-checking the list.

[gorhill]

What you are asking here is a support question, and with the information you provide, we don't know what you are trying to remove from where -- that's why we are asking for screenshots to help save time.

Converting to discussion because you are not reporting something to be added to filter lists.